Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 45

7-Nov-2011

IRAN

Finance Minister Survives Impeachment Vote

The Iranian parliament (Majlis), in an unexpected show of support for the embattled government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, voted on 1 November against the impeachment of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Shamsoddin Hosseini, with 141 MPs voting against the prosecution motion tabled the previous week by 22 Majlis members. Out of 290 MPs in the current assembly, 244...